I have had vlc running on Debian 6 for days on end and have not had this issue; but I have encountered it on Ubuntu 10.10. Perhaps Ubuntu patches are causing this?
Also, you can reset swap with: sudo swapoff -a && sudo swapon -a -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/743323 Title: vlc memory leak -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs